Biden: Evacuation delayed b/c some didn't want to go, & Afghan govt didn't want crisis of confidence

[highplainsdem]

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[NewsCenter28]

3. Excuse me?

Perhaps you should run for President if you know better than him. Now is the time to stand behind President Biden. Not throw him under the bus like you just did.

[greenjar_01]

8. Oh for God's sake

[rockfordfile]

10. All you're doing is right-wing crap. It's all because of right-wing lies that we have to do this.

[greenjar_01]

13. I'm not doing right wing anything

I think Biden and his people fucked up here and there should be some accountability. That's my reasonable assessment of the situation as a firm Democrat for 30 fucking years. Stop accusing people who disagree with you of being right wingers.

[GoodRaisin]

20. What do you think they should have done?

"Fucked up"? I disagree with you. Biden and his people have managed the withdrawal as well as possible as best as I can see. I don't disagree that our own people should be accountable for what they do, but I haven't seen anything yet for Biden and his people to be held accountable for. They seem to be right on top of the situation from the time it started. They have the airport, they have our embassy personnel, and they are moving Afghans out. They had contingency troops ready to come in when the Afghan fighters laid down and refused to fight. I don't know what else they can do they aren't already doing.

[NewsCenter28]

17. Just to clarify

I don't think you're a right winger at all. Just now is the time to stand behind President Biden because we have a right-wing fascist coup attempt in the works. Donny already issued a statement calling for President Biden to resign and for him to be put back in charge due to this. We honestly cannot afford this until the coup attempt is put down and Democracy is saved. In normal times, criticism would be just fine.

Just never forget the existential battle we are fighting and let's not do anything to help the evildoers win.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. He can't order Afghans to do anything.

That's a really silly idea.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. It's easy to be an armchair quarterback.

[greenjar_01]

7. Yes, we evaluate the decision-making of our leaders based on what they tell us

It's called being a citizen in a democracy.

[stillcool]

9. do you evaluate those decisions

based on facts or what the tv says?

[greenjar_01]

11. You still on this "we're all being snowed by the teevee" nonsense?

[stillcool]

16. ah...thanks. That tells me all I want to know

[stillcool]

6. why?

could be better that we got out fast. And who is Biden going to order to go? And which decision was "poor"?

[Atticus]

12. Well, I guess if you are intent on bashing Biden, that is no more nonsensical

than the talking points the GOP is using.

[greenjar_01]

14. I didn't bash Biden at all

I think he made a mistake in following the line of reasoning given by the Afghan government. that's not "bashing." It's assessing.

[Atticus]

18. You criticized him for not "ordering" the Afghanis and their leaders---over whom he had no

authority---to cooperate in evacuating our allies a couple months ago. That's not "on him". It was their decision to make and they made it.

And, now, the Afghani military no longer exists; not because they were defeated but because they REFUSED TO FIGHT. Can you name one political or military official who predicted that to happen as soon as it did?

Hindsight is always 20/20, but is seldom useful.

[JohnSJ]

2. That is the take away